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Frida Author: Retail Price: Purchase this NEW Paperback for $5.49 (save 60%) or $2.09+1 credit (save 85%) from PBS Market |
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Narrated by Frida Kahlo's younger sister, Cristina, this haunting and powerful fictional account chronicles Kahlo's life, from a childhood shadowed by polio to the accident at eighteen that left her barren, from her marriage to larger-than-life muralist Diego Rivera through her tragic decline into alcoholism and drug abuse. Through it all, Cristina is her sister's intimate confidante - and then her bitter antagonist when she has a not-so-secret affair with Rivera.
A towering tale of love, jealousy, betrayal, and sibling rivalry played out on a teeming canvas, Frida captures the essence of a passionate, tormented, and ferociously gifted woman. It is a compelling and intensely human portrait of an artist who would become an enduring icon for generations to come.
"Vivid . . . Burns with dramatic urgency." (The New York Times Book Review)
A towering tale of love, jealousy, betrayal, and sibling rivalry played out on a teeming canvas, Frida captures the essence of a passionate, tormented, and ferociously gifted woman. It is a compelling and intensely human portrait of an artist who would become an enduring icon for generations to come.
"Vivid . . . Burns with dramatic urgency." (The New York Times Book Review)
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If you are interested in Diego Rivera or Frida Kahlo then the book will probably be interesting to you. It was a little boring to me.
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A colorful story of the life of Frida Kahlo. It shows you what here life was like and the inspiration for her art set in the backround of Mexico durning one of it's many revolutions.
A quick, engrossing read... unfortunately haunted by the knowledge that it's mostly fiction. To believe it is real, even potentially real, adds a great deal to the story.
Marvelous novel that I have read twice ... truly takes you into Frida's world, you can nearly taste the colours of her Mexico as you read. Breath taking!
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